Active Alerts Arizona, TX

Flood Warning
Issued at Tue 9:54 AM Jun. 11
Issued by: National Weather Service
Recommended Action
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drivecars through flooded areas.Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx.The next statement will be issued by late tonight at 400 AM CDT.
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Flood Warning
Issued at Tue 9:54 AM Jun. 11
Issued by: National Weather Service
Recommended Action

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drivecars through flooded areas.Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx.The next statement will be issued by late tonight at 400 AM CDT.

Description

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...Trinity River near Crockett affecting Trinity, Houston, Madisonand Walker Counties.Trinity River at Liberty affecting Liberty County.Trinity River at Riverside affecting Trinity, Polk, Walker andSan Jacinto Counties.Trinity River near Moss Bluff affecting Chambers and LibertyCounties.For the Trinity River...including Crockett, Riverside, Liberty, MossBluff...Moderate flooding is forecast.* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding isforecast.* WHERE...Trinity River near Crockett.* WHEN...Until further notice.* IMPACTS...At 45.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding begins in thevicinity of the gage impacting livestock grazing and prison farms.In past floods problems occurred from the Highway 7 bridgedownstream to Highway 21 bridge due to high flows in the backwaterof Lake Livingston.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- At 8:45 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 45.3 feet.- Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hoursending at 8:45 AM CDT Tuesday was 45.8 feet.- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 45.4feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stageSaturday afternoon.- Flood stage is 41.0 feet.- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of45.5 feet on 05/18/1968.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood